Nikon D2X SLR Digital Camera Body Only

Nikon D2X Camera

Strengths: Solid design and feel,large LCD, excellent control, improved menu and button selection system. Fantastic battery life with Lithium Battery.Stunning viewfinder 100%

Weakness: None I can find

I previously owned a D1 and then a D1X and I have to say the D2X is a stunning leap forward in my opinion. The larger LCD display is fantastic, the new layout of the back of the camera is much better (your nose doesent smear the new LCD with the new placement) The large 2-1/2" display is really nice, clear and crisp. The new access buttons make the new more complex menu system simpler to navigate...
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I previously owned a D1 and then a D1X and I have to say the D2X is a stunning leap forward in my opinion. The larger LCD display is fantastic, the new layout of the back of the camera is much better (your nose doesent smear the new LCD with the new placement) The large 2-1/2" display is really nice, clear and crisp. The new access buttons make the new more complex menu system simpler to navigate than the old D1,D1X series.
The new Lithium battery is lighter and smaller than the old NiMet battery and yet the battery life has increased by at least 300 to 1000%. Everything about this new Nikon is better than the last. The photos are stunning, the Hi ISO boost results are greatly improved with less noise and in camera noise filtering. The high speed crop feature boosts the contiouous shooting frame rate up to 8 FPS giving you two cameras in one.I really liked my old D1X but this new D2X design is well worth the money to upgrade.I really love it, it has a lot more features and control capability yet it is easier to operate.

By denniscs - Nov 3, 2005

D2X

Strengths: Image Quality, Build, user interface, speed (poweron, Images per second) battery life, High speed crop mode

Weakness: Auto White Balance not perfect.

The D2x is unquestionably the best Camera I have ever owned. Its image detail is amazing as is its tonal range and color saturation. the metering is excellent.For the professional or the advanced amateur it is a near perfect camera. Auto White Balance is not perfect. Dynamic focusing can be tricked by motion. On the other hand, Color from this camera is amazing. My experience with Nikon Digital...
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The D2x is unquestionably the best Camera I have ever owned. Its image detail is amazing as is its tonal range and color saturation. the metering is excellent.For the professional or the advanced amateur it is a near perfect camera. Auto White Balance is not perfect. Dynamic focusing can be tricked by motion. On the other hand, Color from this camera is amazing. My experience with Nikon Digital is extensive. I own or have owned the D1x, D2H, D100, D70, and the Coolpix 950. I have also owned the Olympus E-10. and a Sony Mavica (floppy Disk camera). My faith in buying a D2x without the benefit of reviews (at the time of purchase in Feb-March) have been rewarded. If a professional camera is what you need, the D2x is it.

By richiero - Jul 11, 2005

This camera is similar to my older...

Strengths: Extremely fast autofocus and large image buffer... Worked with the camera at the zoo recently with some action shots.. Nailed the images on most of the shots I took. Fast motor drive and great feel

Weakness: A tad bit heavy

This camera is similar to my older film camera A F5 system. Has the same speed in motor drive and allows for a high speed crop. Makes wildlife shots a breeze now instead of buying the more expensive glass.

Image quality is outstanding. 12MPxel camera sensor makes details pop out.

By biologist_99 - Jun 7, 2005

I purchased my Nikon D2X from...

Strengths: Versatility of features, speed along with resolution, rugged design.

Weakness: Price

I purchased my Nikon D2X from Cardinal Camera in Lansdale, Pa. The D2X is ergonomically designed, and comfortable to hold in either portrait (vertical) or landscape orientation. The controls are well-placed on the body, and have a solid, professional feel. The 2.5-inch 235,000 pixel LCD provides a very clear view of menu's and image playback. There are a great number of options for focusing;...
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I purchased my Nikon D2X from Cardinal Camera in Lansdale, Pa. The D2X is ergonomically designed, and comfortable to hold in either portrait (vertical) or landscape orientation. The controls are well-placed on the body, and have a solid, professional feel. The 2.5-inch 235,000 pixel LCD provides a very clear view of menu's and image playback. There are a great number of options for focusing; single or continuous servo AF, single focus area or dynamic or select one of the eleven focus points on the fly, and of course full manual focus as well. It provides a wide range of exposure options, including Manual, Program AE with shift, Shutter speed priority up to 1/8,000 sec, Aperture priority, AE Bracketing, WB bracketing, exposure compensation of +/-5EV in 1/3EV steps, single frame drive mode or continuous at 1 to 8fps with a maximum depth of 22 full resolution JPEG images, the framerate and maximum number being user-selectable. The D2X offers three metering modes: 3D Color Matrix, Center-weighted averaging (with your choice of the weighted area: 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 13mm or the entire frame) or 3mm Spot. White balance options are also numerous with presets for Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Direct Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy and Shade which all can be fine tuned +/-3, direct selection of color temperature, plus five manual white balance presets you can save and later recall. The D2X has a very nice feature called High Speed Crop. With High Speed Crop off, the D2X uses the entire 12.4-megapixel CMOS image sensor, shooting at a continuous rate of up to 5 frames per second. Turning the High Speed Crop on converts the D2X into a extremely fast machine, cropping the capture area of the sensor to 6.8-megapixels and boosting the capture rate to 8 frames per second. The image quality can only be described as amazing. Some have questioned the higher ISO picture quality, but at ISO 100-800 the quality is excellent and most all shots can be taken at ISO 200, especially with the Nikon SB-800 Speedlight. Any photographer errors are surely caught by this camera, but properly taken pictures are really impressive. The D2X is expensive but as in most things -you get what you pay for- and the Nikon D2X certainly exempifies that. Highly Recommended!

By techtechie - Jun 16, 2005

This camera is simply outstanding!...

Strengths: Outstanding image quality, great white balance performance, very fast focus and shutter speeds, good navigation menus, solid build, good noise performance (ISO 100 - 800)

Weakness: Expensive, heavy, ISO is good up to 800 but deteriorates quite a bit from 800 to 1600, no stops between ISO 800-1600, ISO 3200 should only be used as a last resort, RAW white-balance encryption

This camera is simply outstanding! Aside from the mentioned noise issues (which I would not consider major problems but minor), the worst thing about the camera is the white-balance RAW encryption. This is rather foolish by Nikon considering the WB is so great and this advantage is basically lost if you use Adobe. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this camera!

By manish1111 - May 10, 2005